World population problem Summit? its needed!

We have a pending climate change summit most nations are starting to agree that human pollution is causing a climate change. The solution is carbon admission reduction, but there is in fact a big spanner poked...

Terraforming Mars

In the next 100 years, the Earth may have a twin. NASA is working on a new project. They are going to cause Global Warming on Mars, to warm it up and bring it back to life. A thing they like to call...

India - Stop at two kids or lose govt facilities - Karnataka CM

If B S Yeddyurappa , Chief Minister of Indian state Karnataka has his way, the "breed-only" type citizen may lose all major benefits and facilities offered by the government. Coming back from his recent visit from...

World Population to Hit 7 Billion in 2011

Be prepared, planet Earth is getting more and more crowded! The world's populations is projected to hit 7 billion in 2011, according to a report from the Population Reference Bureau. The number could reach as much as 9.4 billion by 2050, aligning with the recent UN estimated...

California Must Cut Inmate Population

California needs to cut its inmate population from the current 150,000 to about 100,000 in two years, by order of a panel of federal judges. The judges found that the prisons currently are grossly overpopulated, which leads to at least one unnecessary inmate death every week....

Indian police accused of abuses

Politicians or systems ineffectiveness is no justification for Police brutality.Indian police is lazy, useless and brutal. They perform lathi charge on women, teachers, doctors, common man, absolutely anyone....

Should America Close Its Door To Immigrants?

     Boom! (shockwave, screeching, yells for my head), but do listen, first.      Over the past few hundred years, America has grown by leaps and bounds via...

World Fertilty Rates by Country - Rise and Decline of Cultures

"Why is fertility rate important? Fertility rate is, basically, the number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime. If the average woman has exactly two children in her lifetime, this is just...

Obama reverses stance on immigration

" This security-first stance is not unlike that of President George W. Bush, Bush Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, who said their immigration...

Human Genome Research Advances Without Discussion of "Race"

Today, by reading scientific results of studies instead of sociological commentary, I have learned something about African people that I didn't know before: Africans are more diverse genetically than people anywhere else in the world, finds a study that "was funded by the...

Pressure grows as Melbourne rockets to 4 million

Since returning to Melbourne seven years ago, I've been amazed at the growth in N.E. Melbourne, very close to the area where our friends and acquaintances perished in the Black Saturday blaze. I thought the growth was due to inner city "yuppies" selling their houses at the...

Water shortage

Local water shortages are multiplying. California, South Korea, China, Australia all suffered long-lasting drought. Brazil and South Africa, which depend on hydroelectric power, have experienced frequent...

Couples must control their lusts in this over-populated world!

"Those were the days my friend, We thought they'd never end,We'd sing and dance forever and a day, We'd live the life we choose,We'd fight and never lose, For we were young and sure to have our way"....

6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins found off Bangladesh coast

6,000 of the rare Irrawaddy dolphins have been spotted off the coast of Bangladesh, which is a hopeful sign that the species is making a comeback. They are however, threatened by climate change and fishing in the region and they will need supervision and care in order for...

Reverberations from an exploding human population

While the rate of extinction for many animal species is accelerating, population estimates for the human species in the next 40 years are conservatively estimated to increase by close to 3 billion people.  In...

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